[PATCH v6 3/4] KVM: arm64: Report all the KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls
Oliver Upton
oliver.upton at linux.dev
Fri Feb 7 10:24:08 PST 2025
On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 10:21:13AM -0800, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 01:22:21PM +0000, Shameer Kolothum wrote:
> > Currently ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID returns the
> > bitmap corresponding to KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BMAP and it only
> > returns _KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID and _KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID. Change that
> > to return all the KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls exposed by
> > KVM/arm64 to guest operating systems.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi at huawei.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c | 6 +++++-
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > index 27ce4cb44904..5cef2590ffdf 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > @@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ int kvm_smccc_call_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > val[3] = ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_UID_KVM_REG_3;
> > break;
> > case ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID:
> > - val[0] = smccc_feat->vendor_hyp_bmap;
> > + val[0] = GENMASK(ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_PTP,
> > + ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_FEATURES);
> > + /* Function numbers 2-63 are reserved for pKVM for now */
> > + val[2] = GENMASK((ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_DISCOVER_IMPL_CPUS - 64),
> > + (ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_DISCOVER_IMPL_VER - 64));
> > break;
>
> This isn't right, vendor_hyp_bmap is very much load bearing. We have a
> documented UAPI that allows userspace to control the hypercalls exposed
> to the guest.
>
> The idea being a user wants kernel rollback safety and doesn't expose
> hypercalls that could potentially be revoked.
>
> https://docs.kernel.org/virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.html#bitmap-feature-firmware-registers
To add:
KVM cannot advertise the DISCOVER_IMPL* stuff unconditionally, since the
expectation is that userspace implements these hypercalls. These bits
may need to be writable from userspace but have a reset value of 0.
--
Thanks,
Oliver
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